Family photos

We had our family portrait done for the first time on December 15, plus some extra photos of just Abigail. See below:

This last one is her wrinkley nose smile :)

December 1st: A day in the life of Abigail Rose

I'mah lookin' for trouble with a capital T

Lets check on the table

Ooh a cell phone

A pile of big books!

Hmm what else is there....

Hey, not bad, I found a coaster!

Tastes pretty good

Hmm I see some toys over there. NAH those are boring!

Ahh some paper hiding under daddy's desk. I wonder how it tastes...

Abigail's new hat

I (Melissa) made a hat for Abigail using a knitting loom. I really enjoyed making it!

Here are some photos:

Halloween Photos

Abigail was a butterfly for Halloween and Gavin was a monkey.

Don't they look happy?!?

(Susan took most of these, except the group photo. Thanks for sharing!) :)

Later on, after the costumes came off we took a few more photos:

They grow so fast!

Above: Abigail at about 9 days old

And above at about 8 months old, busy playing

This year has been going by so fast. Tonight Abigail pulled up and stood at the coffee table, all on her own. She looked proud for a moment then started pulling books off of the table. :) Later on she shared some chopped veggies from our vegetable soup. She's just growing and changing so fast.

Pulling up

Yesterday Abigail pulled up to standing in her crib for the first time. Previously she had been pulling up while holding our hands. All by herself this time, what a big girl she is getting to be. The time passes so fast!

I just wanted to share.
:)

Pictures!

Above is Abigail at her first pug party, Pug-O-Lantern 2006 for Prairie Pugs Rescue www.prairiepugs.com

The same weekend we got to visit with family in Topeka. Above is Abigail with her Grandma Marilyn.

Above: Abby loves to stand up at the couch. She likes to be daring and only hold one with one hand!

Above and Below: The kids all like to hang out at the front window. :)

These last 2 are of Abby and Henry playing

More progress!

Tonight for the first time, Abigail got into sitting position on her own. She was crawling all around and under the dining room table while we had dinner (it kept her happy and we kept a close eye on her). I was looking down making sure she didn't hit her head on the table when all of a sudden PLOP she went from being on all fours to sitting. I kind of did a double take I think. :) She did it a couple more times after that. She didn't seem very surprised, so I am thinking she may have perfected this skill recently during the day at daycare.

She has gotten really good (and pretty fast!) at crawling. She also enjoys standing up on the couch, looking out the window and "walking" back and forth, holding on to the couch or us. She looks up at furniture like she wants to pull up, but she is still too short to reach most of it. ;)

Still no teeth!

We will probably post some videos soon, and more pictures of course!

Forward motion!

Well, sort of...

No pictures today, just wanted to report that last night Abigail accomplished forward motion. It was kinda funny to watch and she can't go very far very fast, but she is learning.

She lifts her backside up in the air, knees go forward, hands lurch up and forward, and she moves forward an inch or two. Then flops to the floor, then whines & starts over. Hehee

I enticed her to crawl a bit by building block towers just out of her reach. She can NOT resist a block tower, they must be demolished by her.

Just wanted to share!

Edited to add: She also pulls up on our arms now. She is too short to pull up on furniture. ;)

1st trip to the zoo!

Abigail & cousin Gavin had their first trip to the zoio last weekend. Here we are on our way in:

2 more I couldn't get in the last post

Just 2 more I wanted to share:

We had professional photos done today

Here are a few examples of the photos we had done. We went to Portrait Innovations, and when you buy a package collection they give you every shot on a CD. Not huge resolution, but still fun to share! I think there were 75 photos on the CD, so many to pick from. It was hard to choose for our prints! :)

Baby'tude

No pictures today, just a story:

Abigail isn't quite 7 months old yet (will be in 4 days) and I think she already has a little baby'tude (attitude) going on. On Saturday we were playing, and I picked her up. She loves to pull my hair, which she did. I took her hand out of my hair and said sternly "Ouch, No, don't pull mommy's hair." She looked at me for a second, then yelled "Bahh!" and smacked my face!

I was in shock, it seemed so deliberate. Isn't she too young for that though? I looked at Jeff with my mouth agape, and his eyes were wide, he just shook his head.

Sometimes I swear she is cursing at us in baby talk. ;)

Any of you other parents or caretakers of babies out there have experience with this? If so, please share in comments. :)

Labor Day photos

^This one was taken Sept 1. Gramps had his hands full!^

The rest are from Labor Day:

^^Playing!^^

^Abigail suggesting we pick her up before she screams!^

^ A yard tour!^

^Granny pulled Gavin in the wagon^

^Abby got the stroller tour^

^But she got to try the stroller later inside^